New-York tribune., 1887-11-23
LEADER and ORCHESTRA At ODDS

AN ITALIAN BATON COULD NOT CONTROL GERMAN
MU-ICIANs- .rRsTFR's CONCERT pr OFF.
Something that not down on the bills took
place at rehearsal Monday afternoon at the
Metropolitan Opera House. The orchestra had Just
taken there places snd were he SHINING discussion
which was principally In German. occasionally ies
coed with French, the natural combine" beng Eng
ii-h when any natives happened around good
looking young about twenty eight years old
popped into the leaders seat Tho wagneran look
ing musicians in the orchestra g.zcd the handsome
young man with looks of uncera ainy. He was an
Italian. Zap, went his baton and swish II went
around In the air in unusual to the musicians
and their feelings of alnty gave way to doubts
and their instruments sent forth discoId, "a a
natural result Of the difference between The leaders
and the orchcstra's ideas of time. Haps and frantic
gcsticuations from the leader at put end to
the Of di-cold that narrowed every listeners
feelings He leads too fast" remarked the Eng
lish speaking contingent of the orchestra which
translated and murmur Of assent to the rest Of the
players.
Again the leader raped zip his men. and soon
again the whole orchestra was carrying on an inter
nccno warfasc against the unfortunate music tho
racks. Then the players stoppcd Of Their own ac
cord and exchanged ances while the helpless leader
mopped hi, brow with his music by mistake. He
raped again, but th,re was response. Signors."
he began:
Mo sprccho klein Italiano." gurgIcd first
violin who IL a wag
"slgpo's," cont nucd tho leader without needing
he pause. though he must have noticed tho convusng
efect~ 1t had on the orchestra, "sguors. yOua tooa
siowa"
" lch sp cc Ich will ~ II play "a I wish tor
grunted big. fat trombone player, whose back
still a. his Instrument.
"Wr auch' 1--WE tool choru-cd the crowd.
Z" Bci'cher lifo :" camc from the big who pounds
the ase drum, and The eader looked hcpe-sy at the
piina donna on the stage who had been irving with
tho agility OF tighu pc walker to pick her
along on The threads of tang ed harmony that
from German orchestra lead by an Ita ian who did
not know word of EagliSh.
Al this juncturo a hand -onc lady stepped from tho
awe stricken crowd of singers the stage and began
hartnguU 10 the orchestra she spoke I'm German
then in Ensi-h and lastly in Ital The hcstra
was mado 10 understand tha; signor Fcrrari had
b en- engaged TO icad INC orchestra. and clsr
would. Ihcn tho orchestra Il ard that SgnOr Fcrrari
had been offered lilc position aIer OF hc BOLOGNA
Opera House. Through This acrpIctcr Signor FIR
ran understood thai this German orchestra would
could not J. ay und.r lericr who speaks only
/ allan and whose ideas of me wcr, rplica differ
argued " Ia The o. Inr,Ic PLAYERS. They would
givo and she won Il nD ,icid Then her over taxed
voice, VII ch hal suffered from the VOYAGE. gave
gns OF hOar-cnc~s AID announced that
Muc Gers cis first concert advertised for Tur-dAy
night, would b. postponed un Thurdav night.
Till T. why the Ger-tcr concert postponed
Sgnor Ferrar i OIL gng by nature and I"rr Adolf
Nrncudorf WI 'cad N nj. stcah, pavioc Nine Ger.
Sfcr's accOniIanimcnts I'm her llglt numbers the
plano To morrow night